To be roused is a complex yet powerful thing. It combines a certain uplifting and optimistic idealism with an energized combativeness, inspiring an empowering zeal that suggests one has found something beautiful worth fighting for. It demands a stirring excitement and a hopeful conviction, and, in the context of cinema at least, it has hardly been showcased more pointedly than it is in these movies of boiling emotional stakes and sharp moral surety.
10 Most Rousing Movies of All Time, Ranked
